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During Open Debate, Third Party Candidates Say It's Really the Major Parties Who Are The Spoilers
Editor's Note: Independent Voter News was a featured co-sponsor of the open presidential debate.The Free and Equal Elections Foundation (FEEF) hosted its second independent open presidential debate o...
What to Know About Gig Worker Pay Before Voting on Prop. 22
How much will your Uber driver get paid if gig companies convince California voters to approve ballot measure Proposition 22? It could be anywhere from $5.64 to $27.58 per hour, depending who you ask....
Homeless Tech: App Increases Tracking Efficiency & More in San Diego
This story was updated at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10.Apps and software platforms are built based on profit motives. Anybody with a technology budget — a bank, retailer, or even a home-services provider ...
SCOTUS Rejects Last Ditch Effort to Stop Ranked Choice Voting in Maine's Presidential Election
The US Supreme Court refused to hear a last ditch attempt by Maine Republicans Tuesday to prevent ranked choice voting from being used in Maine’s presidential election -- a first in both state and US ...
Two Democrats for San Diego Mayor: Local Media Highlight the Differences
The race to replace San Diego’s Mayor is a little different this year. For the first time in history, two Democrats are in the runoff for the City’s top executive position. Without a party label ...
A Mixed-Race Girl Says ‘No’ to Proposition 16 and the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
My father was a Jamaican immigrant, and I was raised in poverty by my single mother. My husband is Mexican and Puerto Rican — our family is proudly multiracial. We urge Californians to vote “no” on Pr...
The Two-Party System's Failure Opens Door for Independent Debate
Editor's note: This piece originally appeared on The Free and Equal Elections Foundation's website and has been republished on IVN with permission from the authors.Last week’s showdown between t...
Preserve Access to Coastal Communities by Voting No on Measure E
This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.usHow does San Diego compare to other coastal cities? Like San Francisco and Santa Barbara, San Diego is well-positioned on th...
Summer Survey: Third of Independents Say They Join Parties Just to Vote
Independent Voting recently released the results of its second national survey "Confronting A New Reality: Independents Speak Out,” interviewing over 3,600 independent voters across the country on the...
California Will Keep Burning. But Housing Policy Is Making It Worse
This story was originally published by ProPublica.Monday morning, Sept. 28, California woke up sweaty, devastated, even shocked to find the state burning again. But if we’re honest, and to our great s...